Paul Skenes was pulled after 5 innings last night in Miami not because he was rocked or because he was laboring to nearly 100 pitches. Skenes was soft-tossing, by his standards, through the night – never topping 95 MPH. What is going on with him? Don Kelly explained why he pulled him and Paul explained why he didn’t fight him. The 2025 Cy Young winner clearly has something wrong. The guys wondered if it was the World Baseball Classic and if he chose Team USA over the team that signs his checks in 2026.
Listeners ponder what is wrong with Paul Skenes.
Former Penguin Tyler Kennedy joined the show. The Penguins signed Ville Koivunen to an 8-year contract last week. How did a player of his magnitude get $32M guaranteed? He scored 7 points last season. TK talked about the cheap contract he signed to stay with the Penguins in a year he scored 20+ goals. Tyler said the points don’t lie and he’s unsure why the Penguins would offer this deal. TK thinks Koivunen can eclipse 20 goals, but it’s a risk of a signing. Did it make other guys more valuable? Tyler said this is a big deal for someone like Ben Kindel and how he can leverage his performance for a new contract down the road. Tyler doesn’t think Sidney Crosby did anything too crazy on his birthday.
